Journal Reviews

When to treat a fractured mandible?

1 October 2018 | | Head and Neck | assault, delay, fracture, mandible, surgery, timing, trauma

This is a prospective study from Brisbane of 215 patients with a total of 359 fractures of the mandible. Nine outcome variables were analysed with a further 19 included to adjust for potential confounding. Treatment delay was found not to...

Best timing for post-treatment PET-CT scans in head and neck cancer

1 July 2016 | | fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, positron emission tomography (PET)/CT, posttreatment, timing

Unfortunately we know that the recurrence rate for head and neck cancer can be high, up to 30-50% in some series. These recurrences tend to occur within the first two years following treatment. Optimal surveillance strategies to detect recurrences early...